.. _dispatch-label:

POST  /orders/dispatch
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**Description** - The Dispatch Orders API marks order items as “Ready to Dispatch” and communicates to the logistics partners that the order is ready for pick up.

Request and Response Parameters
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    **URL:** ``https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/v2/orders/dispatch``

    **Request Body Parameters:** ``orderItems``

    +--------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------------------------------+
    |Parameter           |Type       |Requirement   | Description                          |
    +====================+===========+==============+======================================+
    |``orderItemId``     |String     |Mandatory     |The ``orderItemId`` to be marked as   |
    |                    |           |              |"Ready to dispatch"                   |
    +--------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------------------------------+
    |``quantity``        |Numeric    |Mandatory     |Number of units of the ``orderItem``  |
    |                    |           |              |to be dispatched                      |
    +--------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------------------------------+

    **Possible Response Error Codes**

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    Error Code                          Reason for error
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    ``INVALID_ITEM_ID``                 The ``orderItemId`` passed in the request header does not exist
    ``INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR``           Server error (5xx) encountered when generating labels
    ``QUANTITY_MISMATCH_ERROR``         The item quantity in the request did not match with the actual quantity
    ``ORDER_ITEM_ALREADY_DISPATCHED``   Cannot mark a dispatched order item as "Ready to Dispatch"
    ``ORDER_ITEM_ALREADY_CANCELLED``    Cannot mark a cancelled order item as "Ready to Dispatch"
    ``ORDER_ITEM_NOT_PACKED``           Cannot mark an order item that is not packed as "Ready to Dispatch"
    ``UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY``            When invalid request is received.
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`Try it out! <https://sandbox-api.flipkart.net/api-tools/#!/v2_orders/submitBulkRtdRequest>`_
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